Q4 SolutionMap – A Deep Analysis of Procurement Tech Products

We mentioned the new Spend Matters US SolutionMap initiative a couple of weeks back – this really is the most detailed and insightful analysis of procurement technology the world has ever seen.

That's a bold claim but one I would stand up in a court of law and defend quite happily - and I’m allowed to say that as I wasn’t involved personally with the work at all. Anyway, this is an article from Taras Berezowsky on the Spend Matters US website last week which explains a little more about Solution Map and what it means to readers.

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In a paean to the recent Q4 SolutionMap release and subsequent personal analytical take on the three solution providers in this headline, Spend Matters Founder Jason Busch let everyone in on a not-so-secret secret.

“Despite our marketing claims of having invested ‘hundreds of hours’ of analyst time in the process, the actual number felt like more in the thousands, by my own accounting,” Busch wrote. “I told one of my colleagues I felt like I was ‘in the Matrix’ at one point when looking at technology provider demonstrations.”

While we’ve created a PO for an exact replica of the spectacles worn by Laurence Fishburne’s Morpheus in “The ‘Matrix” films to give Jason as a surprise (oops!) gift, we wanted to make sure to do justice to those many hours of collective team effort — by filling users in a bit more about what they can get out of SolutionMap.

Quickest, Easiest Way to Find Out How Coupa, SAP Ariba, Basware and Others Ranked

Procurement Tech Sourcing Life Hack: Seeing how more than 30 different providers fared by persona in our series of visual ranking graphics (example below) is only a couple clicks away — and free of charge.

To Find Out How Coupa, SAP Ariba, Basware and Others Ranked in Detail

One example: a collection of detailed, one-page-per-provider snapshots of scoring, analyst commentary and overview.

Each provider’s page:

Features how the provider ranked across each and every persona in that particular solution area. (Note: These are examples only and are not reflective of how the three providers above ranked.)

Breaks down the Solution and Customer Value scoring in detail, within up to 16 different components. For instance, users interested to see how a provider’s sourcing technology fared can expect to see scoring in:

Opportunity

Supplier portal

RFX Creation, configuration and management

Configurability

Services

Among several others

Offers context on the scoring with quick-hit analyst insights. Have any recent acquisitions bolstered a provider’s capabilities? What have customers been telling Spend Matters outside of the customer survey? Persona scoring and breakdowns telling a strong story — but not the entire one?

To find out how to access these detailed provider scoring breakdowns — and other examples of deeper SolutionMap scoring analysis — contact our team today.